RE: Skype for Mac is Dreadful

2019-12-30 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Hi Petrus, Quickly, Christchurch, I’ve got a 6 month contract with the University of Otago med school Covering one of their desktop support team who is out on maturnity leave. I start on the 13th jan, so 2 weeks, currently packing and trying to clean my place which I’ll hopefully sublet for 6

RE: Ring Video Doorbell

2019-12-30 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Yeah petrus, Just one of those things we don’t think of here in nz as much as we probably should. I get the impression that even as a mail we would have to be aware of these types of things if we lived in the USA etc. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Petrus Tuerlings Sent:

RE: Ring Video Doorbell

2019-12-30 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Karen, That makes perfect sense when you put it in those ways. Good luck with finding what you require, -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Karen Lewellen Sent: Tuesday, 31 December 2019 12:45 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: RE:

RE: I Cloud Panel for Windows.

2019-12-30 Thread M. Taylor
Hello All, I am going to chime in on this one so that we do not have any miss-information being batted around. Assuming that one has 2-factor authentication enabled, there are actually three ways to allow MS Outlook for Windows to access one's iCloud email account. As I do not wish to write a

Re: Trillion question.

2019-12-30 Thread 'Shawn Krasniuk' via MacVisionaries
It could've updated autommatically if updates from the Mac App Store are set to download automatically. This version I have is from the developer directly so it shouldn't update until you tell it to. https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?code=kZFtPSkZglQ10T3ERXLHxKIqMjA7xX8vwGkk Regards, Shawn,

Re: Ring Video Doorbell

2019-12-30 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi there, You would suggest a 404 error page? laughs. No dog for me either, against the policy of my landlord as my single flat is above a business. certainly a camera, even if not being used, could create the psychological advantage so to speak. Intercom seems more than enough for me

Re: Ring Video Doorbell

2019-12-30 Thread CHUCK REICHEL
Hi Karen, Yes thats a good way to go along with video cameras that the person at the door knows they are being videoed! My Recording studio has always had a good intercom to make sure who's at the door. I might also a ad a large trained dog and a

Re: Disabling the Preview pain in Mail in the latest OS X release

2019-12-30 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I was going to send directly to Tim, but it appears that TIm’s Mail address needs to be spoofed by Google Groups. Below is the text of an apple script that hides the preview pane in Classic view on It starts with a use statement that tells Apple Script to use system events library. This

Re: Ring Video Doorbell

2019-12-30 Thread Karen Lewellen
to be sure, my personal preference would be more of an intercom, that I can speak with the party. those exist as well. Kare On Mon, 30 Dec 2019, Dave Carlson wrote: Simon, In one sense I agree ??? being totally blind and having a doorbell that provides a video image of the person at

Re: Ring Video Doorbell

2019-12-30 Thread Dave Carlson
Simon, In one sense I agree — being totally blind and having a doorbell that provides a video image of the person at the door is meaningless. However having one where I can talk with the person before deciding to open the door. That I think makes sense. I don’t live in an apartment. I live on a

Re: I Cloud Panel for Windows.

2019-12-30 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Kawal, That will not do it. In order to use a third party email client set up with an iCloud email address, you need to go to Apple ID site and under security, generate an app specific password. Then use that password when running Outlook. This is part of Apple's 2 Factor Authentication.

Re: Skype for Mac is Dreadful

2019-12-30 Thread Petrus Tuerlings
Hi Simon, I’m interested in where you are moving too? Well done on finding a new job. You can reply off list if you wish as we are starting to drift off topic > On 31/12/2019, at 12:32, Simon A Fogarty wrote: > > Yeah lifes a bit like that. > > I've had to find a job in another city 4.5

Re: Ring Video Doorbell

2019-12-30 Thread Petrus Tuerlings
Hi Simon and Karen, Yes, I’m a bit like Simon and can’t be bothered with all this automation. However I agree with Karen as security is very important and I think we are spoiled here in NZ as not that many people live in apartment buildings. It is becoming more common now days. I have a

Re: I Cloud Panel for Windows.

2019-12-30 Thread 'Kawal Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries
I am having to install iCloud for windows as I tried putting in my email settings for the iCloud account on the outlook and it just wouldn’t work so I googled it and it said that I had to install the Apple iCloud for windows thing. It seems to be a fairly big program. I couldn’t get my CapsLock

Re: System going random busy since last OS upgrade

2019-12-30 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Can it be something in the extras manu maybe? I had to disable vmware from the extras menu to get rid of my fan problems on catalina. /A > 29 dec. 2019 kl. 22:05 skrev Eric Oyen : > > The machine is a Mac mini (late 2015 model) with 8 GB ram, 512 GB ssd using a > core i5 quad core.

RE: Ring Video Doorbell

2019-12-30 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi Simon, I cannot speak for others. Nor have I yet to find a device of this nature that works as I desire. Still, speaking personally, after three sex assaults, more than a few repair people staying silent after opening the door as you describe, kids knocking and running away when I still

RE: Spotify on a Mac

2019-12-30 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Very much so. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Lorie McCloud Sent: Tuesday, 31 December 2019 10:19 AM To: 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries Subject: Spotify on a Mac I just signed up for the free version of spotify. I downloaded it. is it

RE: Series5 Apple Watch

2019-12-30 Thread Simon A Fogarty
It's the winding button. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Georges Zaynoun Sent: Tuesday, 31 December 2019 8:18 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Series5 Apple Watch Which is the crown, same button that powers it on and activates

RE: I Cloud Panel for Windows.

2019-12-30 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Or install itunes to your windows machine and it’s included in the update system. From: 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries Sent: Tuesday, 31 December 2019 7:45 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: I Cloud Panel for Windows. Hi, If using Windows 10, you can get it from the

RE: Double Volume - Was: Another clean install question

2019-12-30 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Jaws still uses it, And besides what’s wrong with the voices in voiceover. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Dave Carlson Sent: Tuesday, 31 December 2019 5:48 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Double Volume - Was: Another clean install question Where’s good

RE: Sonos port versus Sonos connect

2019-12-30 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Hi Donna, The sonos port I'm not sure but they have changed names of devices over the passed couple of years As for the sonos connect, It's to allow you to connect other makes of stereo equipment such as component systems to your sonos speakers I think it also allows you to connect wired

RE: Ring Video Doorbell

2019-12-30 Thread Simon A Fogarty
I'm not sure I understand, I get someone knock on my front door, I open the door and say hello, how can I help or what do you want... Why do people need door bells that make noise and have attached cameras and microphones. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On

RE: Skype for Mac is Dreadful

2019-12-30 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Yeah lifes a bit like that. I've had to find a job in another city 4.5 hours away because of attitudes from recruitment agents here in my city. Good luck with the job -Original Message- From: 'Kawal Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries Sent: Tuesday, 31 December 2019 12:00 AM To:

RE: Series5 Apple Watch

2019-12-30 Thread Simon A Fogarty
>From the start of setup, Press the digital crown in three times quickly. So you hold the favourites button in 2 seconds and then give it a few seconds to start up, Then press the digital crown inwards 3 times quickly and you should get voiceover speaking to you -Original

How to obtain information about a size of a message in Catalina Mail

2019-12-30 Thread Christian
Hi all, I am trying to find out how to obtain information about a message in Mail in Mac OS, but I am not able to find out the message size. Any tips on how to do that? Many thanks, Christian -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have

Re: I Cloud Panel for Windows.

2019-12-30 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Actually, I would recommend that you don’t install iCloud on a Windows VM. If you want access to the things that iCloud mostly provides (except for browser history), VMWare share settings can share items to your Windows env from your Macintosh. No need to have two copies of these things.

Re: Trillion question.

2019-12-30 Thread Jessica Moss
That would be appreciated; I’m not sure if mine auto-updated, or what happened, considering the fact that I had no idea a new version was out and wasn’t alerted. > On Dec 30, 2019, at 2:41 AM, 'Shawn Krasniuk' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Yeah I heard about this issue. A friend of mine

Re: docx files in Pages on a Mac

2019-12-30 Thread 'Devin Prater' via MacVisionaries
Try interacting with the document, the page one, then the text edit field, and Read all from there. > On Dec 30, 2019, at 1:06 PM, Lorie McCloud wrote: > > how do you read docx files in pages on a Mac? I'm still running Mojave. > here's what I do. vo-right arrow to "document" interact and

Spotify on a Mac

2019-12-30 Thread Lorie McCloud
I just signed up for the free version of spotify. I downloaded it. is it accessible? thanks. Lorie -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's

Re: Series5 Apple Watch

2019-12-30 Thread Georges Zaynoun
Which is the crown, same button that powers it on and activates Siri or the other button that turns? Original message: Hi Press the crown three times at the setup screen. All the best Angie On 30 Dec 2019, at 13:07, Georges Zaynoun wrote: Wonder how to get it speaking, this is the

docx files in Pages on a Mac

2019-12-30 Thread Lorie McCloud
how do you read docx files in pages on a Mac? I'm still running Mojave. here's what I do. vo-right arrow to "document" interact and then press vo-A. it reads page 1 and then stops. what do I do if I want it to read the entire document? thanks. Lorie -- The following information is important

Re: Ring Video Doorbell

2019-12-30 Thread Brad Snyder
I don't know, but I doubt it. I don't use a keyboard with my iPhone. - Brad - > On Dec 30, 2019, at 12:06, CHUCK REICHEL > wrote: > Hi Brad, Is there a key command built in to the Ring DoorView Cam, app, to use the communication to the door ? Thanks Chuck "God does not play dice with the

Re: I Cloud Panel for Windows.

2019-12-30 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, If using Windows 10, you can get it from the Microsoft Store. Otherwise, Google "iCloud for Windows" and you should be able to find it. Later... Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Dec 30, 2019, at 11:42, 'Kawal

I Cloud Panel for Windows.

2019-12-30 Thread 'Kawal Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries
Hello There. I have got my virtual machine set up in Fusion and wish to know where I can download the iCloud panel and if I can download it on my Mac or do I have to be using windows to download it and install it please. Thanks. Kawal. -- The following information is important for all

Re: Ring Video Doorbell

2019-12-30 Thread CHUCK REICHEL
Hi Brad, Is there a key command built in to the Ring DoorView Cam, app, to use the communication to the door ? Thanks Chuck "God does not play dice with the universe" "Albert Einstein’ On Dec 30, 2019, at 10:55 AM, Brad Snyder wrote: > I have the Ring DoorView Cam, which is the model that

Re: Double Volume - Was: Another clean install question

2019-12-30 Thread Dave Carlson
True. I brought up Alex, and he behaves with volumes. Tome is just being irritating. But at least Tome knows how to describe negative numbers in spreadsheets. Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregonian -- The following information is important for all

Re: Double Volume - Was: Another clean install question

2019-12-30 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, It must be an artifact of the Tom voice. My Alex voice does not seem to have that stuttering issue. Ah, Eloquence, so many people seem to have fond memories of them. I do not. I found them very robotic sounding. Oh well, that's why we have things called "Preferences", I guess.

Re: Double Volume - Was: Another clean install question

2019-12-30 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
There is always Infovox voices. But just to note, I do not hear this particular one with other voices. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 12/30/2019 8:48 AM, Dave Carlson wrote: Where’s good old

Re: Double Volume - Was: Another clean install question

2019-12-30 Thread Dave Carlson
Where’s good old Eloquence when we need it most? It worked so well. Dave Carlson Musician, Engineer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of

Re: Double Volume - Was: Another clean install question

2019-12-30 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
There are many examples of this with Voiceover. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 12/30/2019 8:09 AM, Dave Carlson wrote: Tim, Did you notice that the word volume is spoken as “volume volumes” by

Re: Double Volume - Was: Another clean install question

2019-12-30 Thread Dave Carlson
Tim, Did you notice that the word volume is spoken as “volume volumes” by VO each time the word “volumes” is encountered? If not, then it is an artifact of the Tom voice I’m using. Dave Carlson Musician, Engineer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer -- The

Re: Another clean install question

2019-12-30 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, This has to do with APFS, Apple File System. https://www.howtogeek.com/327328/apfs-explained-what-you-need-to-know-apples-new-file-system/ Basically, your HD is a collection of volumes that the MacOS writes data to in special ways across those volumes for efficient and reliable access.

Re: Series5 Apple Watch

2019-12-30 Thread Brad Snyder
Turn on VoiceOver in the Watch app on your iPhone. - Brad - On Dec 30, 2019, at 07:07, Georges Zaynoun wrote: Wonder how to get it speaking, this is the first time I ever purchase such a thing. -- Georges Zeinoun Timmerv. 6A ITR LGH1102, 54163 SKÖVDESWEDEN Tel: +46 (500) 48 29 29

Re: Ring Video Doorbell

2019-12-30 Thread Brad Snyder
I have the Ring DoorView Cam, which is the model that replaces a peep-hole. I find it works well, and the Ring app is very VoiceOver accessible. Like anything else, it takes a little practice, but I have no issues using it. I am happy with it. - Brad - On Dec 30, 2019, at 07:05, Georges

Sonos port versus Sonos connect

2019-12-30 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi all, Does anyone know what the difference is between these two devices? They appear to do much the same thing, and our similarly priced. Cheers, Donna Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or

Re: Series5 Apple Watch

2019-12-30 Thread Angie Nutt
Hi Press the crown three times at the setup screen. All the best Angie > On 30 Dec 2019, at 13:07, Georges Zaynoun wrote: > > Wonder how to get it speaking, this is the first time I ever purchase such a > thing. > > -- > Georges Zeinoun > Timmerv. 6A ITR LGH1102, 54163 SKÖVDESWEDEN >

Series5 Apple Watch

2019-12-30 Thread Georges Zaynoun
Wonder how to get it speaking, this is the first time I ever purchase such a thing. -- Georges Zeinoun Timmerv. 6A ITR LGH1102, 54163 SKÖVDESWEDEN Tel: +46 (500) 48 29 29 Mobile: +46 (70) 366 63 29 -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If

Re: Ring Video Doorbell

2019-12-30 Thread Georges Zaynoun
Why I thought of it because I found one I could mount in the peep hall, I will try find Google Nest Hello here, thanks. Original message: Hi It may have improved but I’ve heard from other blind people that it’s not easy to find the button to speak to whoever is at the door and was slow to

Re: Ring Video Doorbell

2019-12-30 Thread Angie Nutt
Hi It may have improved but I’ve heard from other blind people that it’s not easy to find the button to speak to whoever is at the door and was slow to respond. The person in question found Google Nest Hello somewhat easier. I am of course talking about the apps. All the best Angie > On 29

Re: Skype for Mac is Dreadful

2019-12-30 Thread 'Kawal Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries
Well Simon, I am also now looking for work after 23 years of having a good job. But I will try and find something and it will be very difficult but I am up for a challenge. So I sympathise with your situation. > On 30 Dec 2019, at 1:32 am, Simon A Fogarty wrote: > >  Fully understand > >